Feb. 10

3L and Alumni Judicial Clerkship Orientation
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Location: Furman Hall, 210
Description: The process for applying for clerkships will be discussed and helpful materials, including the NYU Judicial Clerkship Handbook and Appendix, will be distributed. All 3L students and alumni with an interest in clerking should attend this meeting.

Feb. 17

Citizens United v. FEC: Did The Court Get It Right? What Happens Next?
Co-sponsored by the Voting Justice Project and the NYU ACLUPanelists:

Floyd Abrams, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law
Monica Youn, Counsel in the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of LawLocation: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg LoungeWatch the video here.

Mar. 3

Do we have too many lawyers (and too much litigation)?Panelists:
Philip Howard, Author of Life Without Lawyers: Restoring Responsibility in America
Steven Croley, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Burt Neuborne, Professor of Law, New York Univeristy School of LawLocation: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg LoungeWatch the video here.

Mar. 10

Does the United States Incarcerate Too Many People?Panelists:
Bryan Stevenson, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Rachel Barkow, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, The Heritage FoundationLocation: Vanderbilt Hall, room 204Watch the video here.

Mar. 17

Spring Break (No Forum)

Mar. 24

How Much Regulation is Too Much: Has the Pendulum Shifted Too Far in the Obama AdministrationPanelists:
Sally Katzen, Managing Director, the Podesta Group, and OIRA Administrator during the Clinton Administration
Richard L Revesz, Dean, Lawrence King Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Boyden Gray, Partner, Gray & Schmitz LLP and Former U.S. Ambassador to the European UnionLocation: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg LoungeWatch the video here.

April 14

Judging and Personality: What Does a Judges’ Biography Tell Us?Panelists:
Joan Biskupic, Author and Journalist
Judge Harry Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge, Chief Judge Emeritus, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Jeffrey Rosen, Professor of Law at The George Washington University and the Legal Affairs editor of The New RepublicLocation: Vanderbilt Hall, Room 214Watch the video here.

Fall 2009

SeptEMBER 16

The Debate over Health Care ReformPanelists:Richard Epstein, Visiting Professor of LawJudy Feder, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University and Senior Fellow, Center for American ProgressLocation: Vandberbilt Hall, GreenbergWatch the video here.

October 7

Prosecuting Torture: How High Should it Go?
Featuring the Alliance for Justice Short Film: “Tortured Law”Panelists:Nan Aron, Alliance for JusticeStephen Gillers, Emily Kempin Professor of LawKaren Greenberg, Executive Director of the Center on Law and SecuritySamuel Rascoff, Assistant Professor of LawLocation: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg LoungeWatch the video here.

October 21

The Supreme Court's New Term (and New Justice)
Panelists:Rachel Barkow, Professor of LawPaul Clement, Partner at King & Spalding, former United States Solicitor GeneralBarry Friedman, Vice Dean, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of LawJeffrey Toobin,The New Yorker, Senior Legal Analyst for CNN, Author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme CourtLocation: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg LoungeWatch the video here.

October 28

Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice- "Should Good People Be Prosecutors?"
A Book Talk with Professor Paul Butler of George Washington University Law
Co-sponsored by the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of LaPanelists:Paul Butler, former federal prosecutor, provides legal commentary for CNN, NPR, and the Fox News NetworkAnthony Barkow, Executive Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal LawLocation: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg LoungeWatch the video here.